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dc.contributor.authorHermoso, Virgilio
dc.contributor.authorMoran-Ordonez, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorBrotons, Lluis
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T13:14:41Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T13:14:41Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1572-9761
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10980-018-0683-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/381981
dc.description.abstractContext The Natura 2000 aims to promote the persistence of biodiversity and traditional uses. European landscapes have, however, undergone large transformations in the past decades, mainly associated with the abandonment of less productive lands concentration of intensive agriculture. These changes could pose management challenges and new opportunities to the achievement of the network´s goals. Objective Evaluate changes in land cover within Natura 2000 in the last two decades. Methods We use different Corine Land Cover datasets to construct transition matrices of land uses for measuring changes for each Natura 2000 site. We also explore the role of different drivers in observed changes and assess the impacts of these changes in the structure of landscape. Results Landscape has been highly dynamic within Natura 2000 in the last two decades with more than 20% undergoing land cover changes. The most systematic transitions involved both, succession processes towards naturalisation in older and more abrupt protected areas (PAs) and anthropization in less steep and more recently designated PAs. Changes across land cover categories had also significant effects on the landscape configuration towards a higher homogenisation. Conclusions Two different strategies would be needed to enhance the role of Natura 2000, (i) tighter control to ensure anthropization, mainly intensive agriculture, does not compromise conservation goals within PAs and (ii) tackle more effectively the ecological and socio-economic effects of abandonment in less productive areas to halt loss of key habitats. On the other hand, changes in composition and structure of landscape open new conservation opportunities derived from enhanced connectivity.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1447
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1460
dc.relation.ispartofissue8
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLandscape Ecology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume33
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode059999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode04
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode05
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode06
dc.subject.keywordsCorine land cover
dc.subject.keywordsHabitats
dc.subject.keywordsLand abandonment
dc.subject.keywordsTransition matrix
dc.subject.keywordsClumpiness
dc.subject.keywordsCommon agriculture policy
dc.titleAssessing the role of Natura 2000 at maintaining dynamic landscapes in Europe over the last two decades: implications for conservation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, School of Environment and Science
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHermoso, Virgilio


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